Biography
Malgorzata Gryz is an Advisor, Mentor and Founder of Inspire, which enables women to accelerate and unleash their potential, as well as the Vice President for Strong Women in IT.
She was previously an advisor on the Advisory Board of Lingaro Group after five successful years as the company's COO. In addition to leading its marketing, sales and delivery functions, helping to scale Lingaro from a company with 300 to 1.4K employees and expanding globally, Małgorzata has played a key role in aligning the company around its core values and shaping and leading a high-quality leadership team. In her new Advisory Board role, Malgorzata is focusing on strategic partnerships to further business growth, leadership and talent development, and helping women to excel in their careers. Her 33 year career has been in the IT, FMCG and education sectors, the last 20 years of which she has worked in the top IT companies.
While at Microsoft Poland, she led Enterprise Services Delivery Management, Partner Strategy and Programmes, as well as Customer and Partner Experience, for which she received the organisation’s top global award for outstanding results. She started her career at Microsoft focusing on leadership and organisational development in the CEE region. She also led CEE & MEA Learning and Development at HP and supported Talent Acquisition and Marketing at Unilever. A certified Meyers Briggs Type Indicator coach, she conducts regular internal workshops on performance psychology and has made leadership development a strategic priority at Lingaro.
She holds a Certificate in Business Strategy and Financial Acumen from INSEAD, an MA in Journalism from the Warsaw University of Humanities, and a BA in English and Foreign Trade from the Warsaw College of Foreign Languages. Since 2012 Małgorzata has been actively mentoring women business leaders within the Vital Voices Partnership and supporting other female communities. She was previously a Talent on WIL Europe’s Women Talent Pool Leadership Programme.
Małgorzata was featured in Come Creations Group’s 2019 “Strong Women in IT” report, which profiled women leading Poland’s most innovative companies. In May 2021, she was recognised as the Global Data Power Woman by the US CDO Magazine. She is also a wife, mother and friend.
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